Step four is about the slavery and owner s research. Once you found your ancestor s slave owner, you need to track their records to know what they did about their properties. The logic behind this is that slaves are part of the owner s property. Research on their probate records, wills, bills of sale, plantation records, and advertisements of runaway slaves from newspapers. Be open When asking, try as much as possible to be flexible, catering your questions to each interviewees digressions. These details could bring valuable information that though unexpected could be a vital treasure. However, do not also forget to stay on track. Be courteous and considerate Be as polite as possible. USA search (indexes for last names, cemetery, census, SSDI, immigration, military and land records). Country Search- countries under this category are Australia, European countries, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. SSDI (Social Security Death Index)- there are several search fields such as the social itself, surname search, middle name, first name, last recorded residence, date of birth, last benefit and date of death. We are still using this tradition in treating illnesses especially the Chinese people. If you will just trace the origin of medicines, you will be amaze that most of it actually came from herbs and plants but with modifications. The past cultures also serve as our politician s guide in implementing new laws. The following sites (in no particular order) are also free sources of genealogical researches: Access Genealogy- this site segregates records from Bibles, cemeteries, biographies, census, and even African-American records. MyTrees.com- they have the so-called Ancestry Archive Search, MyTrees Plus (Search and Results), vital records and genealogy from countries like the U. The early years of genealogy research In primitive societies, genealogy is often established with a god, a hero or a fantastic animal as the earliest ancestor. Even the great Alexander of Macedonia traced his roots to the gods of Greece. It was not uncommon for a royal to claim a god as his grandfather.